Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson

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Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson

Felicity Palmer (soprano), Helen Watts (alto), Ryland Davies (tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Janet Baker (Delilah), Helen Watts (Micah), Robert Tear (Samson), John Shirley-Quirk (Manoah) & Benjamin Luxon (Harapha), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo)

English Chamber...

[on The Messiah] Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy, especially ''For... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Release Date: 28th Jul 2008
Catalogue No: 2564695686
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Handel Edition
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Handel: Messiah

Work length2:36:53

Album only

John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor)
English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard

Part 1 Symphony

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Part 1 "Comfort ye my people"

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Part 1 "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"

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Part 1 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

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Part 1 "Thus saith the Lord"

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Part 1 "But who may abide the day of his coming?"

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Part 1 "And he shall purify the sons of Levi"

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Part 1 "Behold, a virgin shall concieve, and bear a son"

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Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

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Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

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Part 1 "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

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Part 1 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light"

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Part 1 "For unto us a child is born"

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Part 1 Pastoral Symphony

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Part 1 "There were shepherds abiding in the field" "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" "And the angel said unto them - Fear not" "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host"

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Part 1 "Glory to God in the highest"

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Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"

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Part 1 "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"

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Part 1 "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd"

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Part 1 "His yoke is easy"

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Part 2 "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world"

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Part 2 "He was despised and rejected of men"

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Part 2 "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"

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Part 2 "And with his stripes we are healed"

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Part 2 "All we like sheep have gone astray"

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Part 2 "All they that see him laugh him to scorn"

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Part 2 "He trusted in God that he would deliver him"

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Part 2 "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart"

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Part 2 "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow"

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Part 2 "He was cut off out of the land of the living"

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Part 2 "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell"

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Part 2 "Lift up your heads, o ye gates"

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Part 2 "Unto which of the angels said he at any time"

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Part 2 "Let all the angels of God worship him"

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Part 2 "Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive"

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Part 2 "The Lord gave the word - great was the company of the preachers"

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Part 2 "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace"

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Part 2 "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

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Part 2 "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"

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Part 2 "Let us break their bonds asunder"

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Part 2 "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"

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Part 2 "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"

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Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah" (Chorus)

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Messiah HWV 56 : Part 3 "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

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Part 3 "Since by man came death"

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Part 3 "Behold, I tell you a mystery"

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Part 3 "The trumpet shall sound"

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Part 3 "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"

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Part 3 "O death, where is thy sting?"

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Part 3 "But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory"

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Part 3 "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

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Part 3 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"

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Part 3 "Amen"

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Handel: Samson

Work length3:32:00

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Robert Tear (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Oliver (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices
Raymond Leppard

Samson : Act 1 Sinfonia

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Samson

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Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]

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Act 1 "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string" [Dalila]

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Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" [Chorus]

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Act 1 "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" [Philistine]

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Act 1 "Then free from sorrow, free from the thrall" [Philistine Woman]

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Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]

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Act 1 "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Torments, alas! are not confin'd to heart, or head, or breast!" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Oh change beyond report, thought or belief!" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Oh mirror of our fickle state!" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Whom have I to compain of but myself" [Samson] ... "Oh loss of sight! of thee I most complain!" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Since light so necessary is to life" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Oh first created beam!" [Chorus]

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Act 1 "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" [Samson], "Here comes thy rev'rend sire, old Manoah" [Micah, Samson]

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Act 1 "Brethren and men of Dan, say, where is my son" [Manoah, Micah] "O miserable change!" [Manoah] "Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength!" [Israelitish Man]

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Act 1 "God of our fathers, what is man?" [Israelitish Man]

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Act 1 "The good we wish for, often proves our bane" [Manoah]

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Act 1 "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" [Manoah]

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Act 1 "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" [Samson] "Worse yet remains" [Manoah] "This have I done" [Samson]

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Act 1 "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" [Samson]

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Act 1 "There lies our hope!" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Then shall they know" [Chorus]

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Act 1 "For thee, my dearest son" [Manoah] "It should be so - to expiate my crime" [Samson] "Be for thy fate contrite" [Manoah] "Why should I live?" [Samson]

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Act 1 "Then long eternity shall greet your bliss" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Joys that are pure" [Micah]

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Act 1 "Then round about the starry throne" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "Despair not thus" [Manoah] "Wher'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd" [Samson] "Trust yet in God!" [Manoah]

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Act 2 "Just are the way of God to man" [Manoah]

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Act 2 "My evils hopeless are!" [Samson] "Relieve thy champion" [Micah]

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Act 2 "Return, oh God of hosts!" [Micah]

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Act 2 "To dust his glory they would tread" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "But who is this?" [Micah] ... "How cunningly the sorceress displays her own transgressions" [Samson]

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Act 2 "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" [Dalila, Samson]

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Act 2 "Did Love constrain thee?" [Samson]

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Act 2 "Your charms to ruin led the way" [Samson]

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Act 2 "Forgive what's done" [Dalila]

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Act 2 "My - Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove Dalila" [Dalila, Virgin]

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Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "To fleeting pleasures make your court" [Dalila]

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Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "How charming is domestic ease!" [Dalila]

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Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms" [Samson] "Let me approach, at least" [Dalila] "Not for thy life" [Samson] "Thou art more deaf to pray'rs than winds or seas" [Dalila]

Track length1:33

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Act 2 "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more" [Dalila] "Traitress to love! I'll hear no more" [Samson] "She's gone! a serpent manifest" [Micah, Samson]

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Act 2 "It is not virtue, valour, wit" [Israelitish Man]

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Act 2 "Favour'd of heaven is he, who finds one true" [Samson]

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Act 2 "To man God's universal law gave pow'r to keep the wife in awe" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear" [Micah] ... "The honour certain to have won from thee I lose" [Harapha]

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Act 2 "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" [Harapha]

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Act 2 "Put on your arms" "My strength is from the living God" [Samson]

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Act 2 "With thee!" [Harapha] "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" [Samson, Harapha]

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Act 2 "Go, baffled coward, go" [Samson] "Presume not on thy God" [Harapha]

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Act 2 "Here lies the proof" [Micah]

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Act 2 "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!" [Harapha]

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Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Philistine]

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Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Chorus]

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Act 2 "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "More trouble is behind" [Micah] ... "My message, given with speed, brooks no delay" [Harapha]

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Act 3 "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!" [Harapha]

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Act 3 "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" [Micah] "Shall I abuse this consecrated gift of strength" [Samson]

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Act 3 "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "Be of good courage" [Samson, Micah, Harapha]

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Act 3 "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" [Samson]

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Act 3 "With might endued, above the sons of men" [Micah]

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Act 3 "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" [Micah] "To fame immortal go" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "Old Manoah, with youthful steps, makes haste to find his son" [Micah] "I come, my brethren, not to seek my son" [Manoah]

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Act 3 "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Philistine] "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "What noise of joy was that?" [Manoah, Micah]

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Act 3 "How willing my paternal love the weight to share of filial care" [Manoah]

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Act 3 "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" [Micah] "I know your friendly minds, and - Heav'n! what noise!" [Manoah] "Hear us, our God!" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "Noise call you this? an universal groan" [Micah] ... "Unwounded of his enemies he fell" [Messenger, Manoah]

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Act 3 "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" [Micah] "Weep, Israel, weep" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "Proceed we hence to find his body" [Manoah]

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Act 3 Dead March

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Act 3 "The body comes" [Micah, Manoah]

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Act 3 "Glorious hero, may thy grave peace and honour ever have" [Chorus]

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Act 3 "Come, come! no time for lamentation" [Manoah]

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Act 3 "Let the bright Seraphim" [Israelitish Woman]

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Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus]

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Excerpt, Handel: Rinaldo

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Act 3 "Or la tromba in suon festante" [Rinaldo]

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Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]

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Act 1 "Venti, turbini, prestate" [Rinaldo]

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Act 1 "Cor ingrato, ti rammembri" [Rinaldo]

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Handel: Serse : Act 1 "Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fù di vegetabile" [Serse]

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Handel: Partenope : Act 2 "Furibondo spira il vento" [Arsace]

Work length4:52

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Handel: Agrippina : Act 3 "Bel piacere è godere fido amor!" [Poppea]

Work length2:24

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Handel: Orlando : Act 1 "Fammi combattere mostri e tifei" [Orlando]

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Ariodante : Act 3 "Dopo notte" [Ariodante]

Work length7:18

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Rinaldo : Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Giulio Cesare : Act 3 "Caro... Bella" [Cleopatra, Cesare]

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Christian Brembeck (harpsichord), Gottfried Greiner (cello), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Ingo Nawra (double bass), Michael Weigelt (bassoon)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Hercules : Act 3 " Where shall I fly" [Dejanira]

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Semele : Act 2 "Hence, Iris, hence away" [Juno]

Work length3:41

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Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Jesús López Cobos

Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson

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